Photos of the day 11/08

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A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snow in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. Mark Lennihan/AP

Britain's Prince Charles and farm manager Brent Thornbury watch as a sheep leaps in the air during a visit to the Leenavale Sheep Stud at Sorell, Australia. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are touring Australia for six days to commemorate the diamond jubilee of his mother Queen Elizabeth. William West/Reuters

People enjoy an installation of the Argentinian artist and architect Tomas Saraceno, in Milan, Italy. 'On Space Time Foam' is a multilayered aerial installation featuring surfaces of clear film in the air for visitors to walk, crawl, and lie in. Luca Bruno/AP

Ten-month-old Leonard Rixom plays with his brother Benjamin, 2, and his parents, Veronika and Barry, in their living room in Ismaning, Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking to establish a childcare allowance for stay-at-home mothers. Michaela Rehle/Reuters

Soldiers place crosses in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London. Olivia Harris/Reuters

An employee poses with the Archduke Joseph diamond during an auction preview at Christie's in Geneva. Valentin Flauraud/Reuters

Hotel guides pose for a photo with a paramilitary policeman standing guard on Tiananmen Square near the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing. David Gray/Reuters

Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset watches the launch of a model rocket with the children of employees of the University of Bern in the Center for Space and Habitability in Switzerland on National Kids Future Day. Ruben Sprich/Reuters

Cuban dancers perform Canto Vital during the closing of the 23rd International Ballet Festival at the Garcia Lorca Theater in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday. Franklin Reyes/AP

A French archaeologist from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) works to finish up the excavation of remains from a preserved woolly mammoth skeleton, nicknamed 'Helmut' by the excavation team and estimated to date from 125,000 to 200,000 years ago, at a quarry site in Changis-sur-Marne, France. French archaeologists have uncovered a rare, near-complete skeleton of a mammoth in the countryside near Paris, alongside tiny fragments of flint tools suggesting the carcass may have been cut into by prehistoric hunters. The archaeologists say that if that hypothesis is confirmed, their find would be the clearest ever evidence of interaction between mammoths and ancient cavemen in this part of Europe. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Pakistanis celebrate the re-election of President Barack Obama, in Karachi, Pakistan. Fareed Khan/AP

Schoolgirls watch an actress dressed as Disney character Cinderella perform at an event in Mumbai, India. The event was organized for Disney princess fans from impoverished families to mark Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Rajanish Kakade/AP

South Korean students cheer for their seniors' success in the College Scholastic Ability Test in front of the main gate of an examination hall in Seoul, South Korea. About 660,000 high school students and graduates in South Korea are scheduled to take the examination that will virtually determine their admission to college. Ahn Young-joon/AP

A US Marine of Police Advisory Team Now Zad, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Regiment gives a pomegranate to a boy during a patrol in a village near a police station in Now Zad district in Helmand province, southwestern Afghanistan. Erik De Castro/Reuters

Israeli President Shimon Peres (from r. to l.), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Alexander Boroda listen to chief rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar at an opening ceremony of Russia’s first Jewish Museum in Moscow. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a visit at an employment agency to boost new contracts with unemployed youths in Chelles, east of Paris. Bertrand Langlois/AP

An Indian man looks out from a local train during a brief stop in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer/AP

An Argentine fan sticks his tongue out for a picture as he attends a Kiss rock concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa waits to hit a shot with his caddie on the sixth fairway during the first round of the Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament in Sentosa. Edgar Su/Reuters

Members of the Israeli forces (r.) liaise with local authorities as they assist in efforts to find survivors after a building collapsed in Accra, Ghana. Authorities blamed faulty construction for the collapse of the five-story building that killed at least nine people and trapped dozens more. Gabriela Barnuevo/AP

A passerby who stopped by to comb his hair is reflected in a roadside barber's mirror as foam is applied to a client's face for a shave in New Delhi. Saurabh Das/AP

Britain's Prince Philip speaks with ex-servicemen during an event at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London. Jon Bond/Reuters

A man fishes along the shore of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. Kin Cheung/AP

A Muslim boy carries a basket of corn as he walks over drying corn outside a mosque at Mathwar village, India. India's corn exports may fall by nearly 40 percent in the current 2012/13 crop year, crimped by an increase in domestic demand and an expected drop in output. Mukesh Gupta/Reuters

On Friday, Russia's sports ministry denied accusations of state-sponsored doping that implicate more than 1,000 athletes across more than 30 sports in sample swapping, tampering with samples, and taking steroid cocktails designed to evade Olympic testing.